Barber&#39;s tool disinfector



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ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 3, 1934- BARBERS TL DSINFECTR Application February 13 The object of my invention is to provide an efficient device by means of which the various implements ordinarily used by a barber may be readily cleansed and disiniected, the device having sufficient capacity to receive a sufficient plurality of some of such implements so that the said implements may be subjected for a sunicient length of time to the effects oi the cleansing bath without interfering with continuity of the barbers work.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention.

Fig. 1 is a medial longitudinal vertical section of an effective form of my device, various implements being shown in cleansing position by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a plan with the implements omitted;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the razor and scissors compartment;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section, on a larger scale, of the comb rack;

Fig. 5 a fragmentary longitudinal section of a portion of the comb rack in an intermediate stage of construction, and

Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 5, with the parts fully assembled.

In the drawing 10 indicates a vessel or receptacle of any suitable material, such for instance as hard rubber, glazed pottery, glass, etc., of desired capacity. The receptacle 10 is preferably of the general form shown in the drawing and comprises a rectangular compartment 11 and a communicating semi-cylindrical trough-like compartment 12 normally separated by a vertically removable partition 13. The compartment 1l is intended for the reception of scissors and razors and is therefore considerably deeper than the compartment 12 which is intended for the reception of combs, and the partition 13 is suplported in place, for ready vertical withdrawal,

between the vertical wall 14 and the inwardlyprojecting ribs 15, 15.

Communication between the two compartments may be provided by one or more perforations 16 through partition 13 near the bottom of compartment 12.

The end wall 17 of compartment 12, and partition 13 are provided respectively with the bearing pockets 19 and 20 for the reception of the shaft 21, the arrangement being such that, by vertical withdrawal of partition 13 shaft 21 may be extracted.

Secured to shaft 21 are two sleeves 22, 22, each of which, at one end is axially slit to form a plurality oi circun'nerentially spaced iongues which are axially displaced as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

A sheet metal strip S, either as a single strip or in appropriate lengths, is bent to form a plurality of radially-extending portions 25, connecting deriectable portions 26, and icotings 27, said footings being adapted to be passed under the several tongues 23, as shown in Fig. 5, whereupon the tips of said tongues may be bent inwardly and rearwardly beneath the footings, as shown in Fig. 6 to hold the structure S in place, to form a plurality of radiating comb pockets 30, as shown in Fig. 4. At the tip of each portion 25 the adjacent portions of strip S are outwardly flared to form a V-shaped pocket 31, the arrange-- ment being such that a comb may be readily pressed inwardly through pocket 31, thereby displacing the outer ends of the portions 25 against the spring action of the adjacent portions 26, and forced into the pocket 30 where it will be retained during rotation of shaft 2l. A razor rack R is formed by a strip of metal having a width slightly less than the distance between partition 13 and the end wall 35 oi" compartment 11, which strip at one end is bent to form a spring clip 40 adapted to clip over the edge of the side wall 41, an intermediate downwardlyinclined portion 42, a base portion 43 and an upwardly extending portion 44, which portion divides compartment 11 into a razor compartw ment 1l' and a scissors compartment l1".

Secured to the upper face of the intermediate inclined portion 42 are several pairs of separated converging wings 45 forming razor-receiving pockets 46 into which the razor blades 47 may be slid as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, said wings retaining the blades separated so that there may be no danger of injury to their sharpened edges. Partition 44 is spaced from the lower end of the intermediate portion 42 a distance sufficient to avoid possibility of contact with the lower corners of the edges of the razor blades as clearly indicated in Fig. 3.

Located in the top of compartment l1 is a clipper tray C conveniently formed of sheet metal and having a liquid-tight bottom 5G. This tray is provided at its opposite ends with spring clips 51 and 52 adapted to frictionally engage the upper edges oi wall 35 and partition 13 respectively, and has a width, as indicated in Fig. 3, which will afford suiiicient clearance for insertion of the razor blades 47 and scissors 55. Secured to one end wall of tray C is a spring iinger 57 overlying one end of the tray and so formed as to permit the cutting end of a hair clipper 58 to be inserted .llO

thereunder, the spring iinger 57 serving as a retainer to prevent the clipper from tilting out of the tray. The tray C is adapted to hold a sunlcient quantity of sterilizing liquid to immerse only the very bottom of the clipper, leaving the cutting edges thereof out of the liquid.

Container l0 being substantially lled with a satisfactory cleansing fluid, the barber may insert therein, at appropriate points, his equipment of razors, scissors, combs, and clippers. One comb, having been previously immersed in the liquid for a sufficient length oi time, may be turned to its uppermost position where it may be readily withdrawn from the comb rack and when he has finished using the comb it may be replaced in the uppermost portion of the rack and shaft 21 rotated 1/6 of a rotation in the form shown), thereby bringing a new comb to extracting position where any surplus of liquid may drain therefrom.

The razors 47 may be readily extracted for use and returned for cleansing without danger of injury and the scissors and clipper may be liliewise manipulated.

I claim as my invention:

1. A disinfector for barbers implements comprising a container forming a semicylindrical chamber at one end a deeper chamber at the other end, a vertically-removable partition interposed between said chambers, the end wall of the semicylindrical chamber and the partition having alined shaft pockets formed therein, a shaft journaled in said pockets and provided with a plurality of radially-presented comb pockets, a razor receptor mounted in said deeper chamber and having a plurality of razor-receiving pockets, and a partition defining a razor chamber from the remainder of said deeper chamber.

2. A disinfector for barbers implements comprising a container forming a semicylindrical chamber at one end and a deeper chamber at the other end, a vertically removable partition interposed between said chambers, the end wall of the semicylindrical chamber and the partition having alined shaft pockets formed therein, a shaft journaled in said pockets and provided with a plurality of radially presented comb pockets, a razor receptor mounted in said deeper chamber and having a plurality of razor-receiving pockets, a partition deiining a razor chamber from the remainder of said deeper chamber, and a clipper-retaining pan, removably supported in the upper part of said deeper chamber upon the partition and an end wall of the container.

3. A disinfector for barbers implements comprising a container, a shaft journaled in the upper part thereof, and a plurality of pairs of converging spring iingers extending substantially radially from said shaft and forming a plurality of circumferentially spaced radiating comb pockets.

4. A disinfector for barbers implements cornprising a container, a shaft journaled in the upper part thereof, a plurality of pairs ci converging spring iingers extending substantially radially from said shaft and forming a plurality of circumferentially spaced radiating comb pockets, and a sleeve mounted on said shaft and having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced axiallyextending ngers each wrapped around the footing of a pair of said spring lingers.

5. A disinfector for barbers implements comprising a container, a vertically removable partition mounted in said container, one face of said partition and the facing wall of the container having alined shaft pockets formed therein, a shaft journaled in said pockets, and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced radial comb-retaining pockets carried by said shaft, said pockets being so formed as to prevent vertical Withdrawal of said shaft except upon upward movement of the partition.

6. A disinfector for barbers implements comprising a container, and a razor holder mounted therein, said receptor comprising a plate having an inclined intermediate portion, one end overlying a side wall of the container, one end forming a vertical partition spaced from the lower end of the inclined portion, and a plurality of razorreceptors carried by the upper face of the inclined portion.

'7. A disinfect-or for barbers implements comprising a container, and a razor holder mounted therein, said receptor comprising a plate having an inclined intermediate portion, one end overlying a side wall of the container, one end forming a vertical partition spaced from the lower end of the inclined portion, and a plurality of razorreceptors carried by the upper face of the inclinedportion, each of said receptors forming a razor pocket for slidable reception of the back of a razor blade and vertically interlocking with said bla-de.

CHRIS HUMBURG.

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